Tutorial

Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard for vector type design and illustrations, with a lot of features and work well with other Adobe applications. Adobe Illustrator has high learning curve, although the interface is quite similar with Photoshop the command and how you interact with the tools is quite different. There are numerous Adobe Illustrator tips all over the net, and here we are listing the best Adobe Illustrator tips to get you started or learn more to improve your skill and make your works faster.

Better Round Corner

Rounded Rectangle tool is pain in the ass, there is now live edit. Once you created a rounded rectangle there’s no goingback, you have to recreate it. Use Effects > Stylize > Round Corners… instead to make an editable round corner. You can edit the round corners value by double clicking the Effects on Appearance palette.

Change Color Mode Quickly

In color palette you can change color modes by pressing Shift key while clicking the color bar.

Pick Color from Gradient

When using color picker on a gradient, the color picker will copy the gradient instead a color. To copy the color press Shift, this is also works on raster image.

Use symbol for repetitive objects

Convert any repetitive objects into symbols to save your valuable time. Symbol are editable by double clicking the symbol, any changes are made, will reflected into all objects.